Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

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Yes, this diary started right after the "Jason takes PWG" show, so Excalibur turned on Super Dragon. I decided to focus the feud more of a Steen vs. Super Dragon instead of Excalibur vs. Super Dragon. I'm not sure why I haven't used Excalibur as much. I find myself going a lot more for the outside talent. I'm pretty close to getting a TV deal, so when I do I think I'll push the homegrown PWG talent a little more.

PWG "Strikes Back!"

August 20, 2005

Announcers: Excalibur and Stephan Peyton

The show opens up with the ring announcer hyping up the crowd, announcing the matches for the show. He then announces the first match as the Ole! Ole! fills the JCC. Human Tornado, Jimmy Jacobs, and El Generico make their way to the ring. They play to the crowd, including a spot where Generico looks mesmerized by Jacob's furry boots, and Jacobs keeps 'Hussing' at him to get away. 'Dangah Zone' now plays as Top Gun Talwar, Excalibur, and Jonny Storm make their way to the ring...

Jimmy Jacobs, El Generico and The Human Tornado vs Top Gun Talwar, Excalibur and Jonny Storm

Generico and Top Gun start things off. Generico has grabbed a bag from under the ring that reads "Baja Fresh" and is holding it in front of Talwar. Top Gun is mesmerized...

"Chipotle?"

"Si, si."

"Give it to me."

"No."

"I said give it!"

Top Gun starts chasing Generico around the ring. Generico is leading Top Gun with the bag. He stops short and gently tosses the bag out of the ring as Top Gun takes a dive over the top rope trying to catch the bag! The bag lands in the lap of a female fan as Top Gun lays on the floor, recovering from the nasty bump. Top Gun faintly grasps towards the bag as Excalibur comes over to check on his tag team partner... no! Excalibur is slapping Top Gun over and over. He gets into the ring, disgusted, as Top Gun looks like he's going to cry, until the fan waves the bag in front of Top Gun's face. Top Gun is suddenly all smiles as he takes out the chipotle and takes a big bite as the crowd cheers.

Oh, yeah, there's also a match going on. Excalibur and Jacobs in the ring, Excalibur beating the hell out of Jacobs with punches and forearms the back. Ex backs Jacobs into the corner and tags in Storm, who proceeds to show off his technical skills. Nice matwork ending up with Jacobs in a leg headlock. The crowd is behind Jacobs, but Storm tags out and Excalibur cuts off Jacobs comeback. The heels are basically building heat on Jacobs for most of the match, until Jacobs comes back with some clotheslines and hits the tag! Tornado comes in with some leg lariats and a big dropkick to the mush of Jonny Storm. Tornado also hits the Dragon Punch ala Street Fighter II, to a nice pop from the Video Game geeks in the crowd. Storm ends up in the corner, and Tornado nails his two-step kicks, followed by his splits into the groin of Storm. Tornado sets Storm up for a Tornado DDT, but Excalibur cuts him off and throws Tornado off the top rope. Generico and Excalibur go at it for a bit, leading to a melee! Everyone is fighting and Storm is on top, where he nails a huge corkscrew plancha onto everyone. Excalibur nails the Tiger Driver '98 on Tornado. Generico nails the Brainbuuuuuuustah! On Excalibur, and Jacobs hits the Contra Code on Top Gun! Storm, however, is on the top rope, and nails an incredible twisting moonsault onto Jacobs to pick up the 1, 2, 3 for his team! Entertaining stuff.

O -61

C -43

M -80

The Debut of the Monster

Alicia Webb makes her way to the ring in a short skirt and halter top. The crowd wolf whistles and whatnot. Alicia gets on the mic and tells everyone that she has brought her very own monster to PWG to make her money and beat people up. She introduces her client, the British Monster, Paul Burchill! Burchill comes out to The Clash and looks intimidating. At 6'4, he's taller than most of the roster right off the bat, but he's also got some awesome skill for a big man.

Rating - 51

Hey, you! What's that sound? The crowd claps along as Disco Machine makes his way to the ring with his big Disco ball. He makes the ref hold the Disco ball over his head as he dances. He then tries to go over to Alicia to try to get her to dance, but Burchill steps in and starts pummeling him to start the match!

Disco Machine vs. Paul Burchill (with Alicia)

Burchill pretty much dominates the first 5 minutes hitting Disco with some great looking punches and some power moves, which Disco sells like a champ. Burchill proves that he can wrestle as well, with some solid submission moves. Disco makes a comeback by going for the leg, with Burchill knocking him off, but Disco showing tenacity by sticking to his gameplan. Disco finally knocks the big man down with a sweep of the leg, but Burchill is quickly up and damn near takes Disco's head off with a clothesline. Alicia doing a good job of putting her man over. Burchill picks up Disco in the fallaway slam position and flips over, hitting his impressive C-4 for the 1, 2, 3! After the match, Burchill keeps beating Disco down to establish himself as a monster. On commentary, Excalibur points out that Super Dragon isn't coming out to help Disco, but Excalibur would have if Disco had joined him. Not a bad match.

O -52

C -29

M -75

Eminem plays on the speakers as Jack Evans makes his way to the ring. Jack has been getting really over with the fans, who love to see him do those crazy moves. Likewise, the former Akio, Jimmy Yang, is over because of some great quality matches lately. The ref goes to check Evans and Evans assumes the position to a few laughs. This should be a show stealer.

Jimmy Yang vs. Jack Evans

Evans and Yang work some great armbar switches, showing off their underappreciated tech skill. Yang gets the upper hand and starts nailing Evans with kicks, which Evans retaliates to with kicks of his own, including a spinning back kick. On commentary, Excalibur calls it a Kickapalooza. Yang reverses the corner position and nails Evans right in the mush before nailing his hanging legchoke as the ref counts to 4... This is a great back and forth match for about 10 minutes, with both guys getting rises out of the crowd. Evans hit a standing backflip press followed by a standing twisting shooting star press for a two. Evans goes up but Yang climbs up and nails a Super Armdrag for a two count of his own. Evans rolls out and Yang goes for a corkscrew plancha, but finds nothing but mat. Evans climbs in and hits way more twists than any person has a right to be able to do for a great pop and a "Holy Shit!" chant from the crowd. Evans rolls Yang into the ring as the announcer indicates 1 minute remaining. Evans and Yang trade roll ups for near falls, making for a very exciting minute, but ultimately time expires, leaving this contest a draw. The crowd is not happy about the no-finish, but still gives both men a standing ovation for their work, as this was the best PWG match in recent memory.

O -74

C -52

M -97

A Verbal Thrashing

"The Technical Wizard" Joey Ryan makes his way to the ring to some "Joey Sucks!" chants. Joey shows the crowd what he thinks of them by holding out his hand and slapping it away. Sorry, I have no explanation for that one. Joey starts talking about how he doesn't get the respect he deserves, because he is a great technical wrestler. Out comes his opponent for the night, "Classic" Colt Cabana. He mocks Joey as only Colt can, making references to Joey secretly being a member of a failed boy band and generally makes fun of Joey, who can't take it in good humor. Joey tells Colt he won't be laughing when he beats him, and the match begins.

Rating - 54

"Classic" Colt Cabana vs. Joey Ryan

First 5 minutes or so consist of Colt goofing on Joey, with Joey trying to lock up a knuckle lock, but Colt turns it into a game of patty cake. After a little while, Joey and Colt start doing some great mat wrestling, pretty even, lots of reversals, with Colt frustrating Joey with some nice moves, following them up by playing 'got your nose' and pulling some of Joey's beard stubble. Funny stuff. Joey comes back with some nice armbars, a shoulder breaker, and an Oklahoma Roll for a near fall. Colt reverses an Irish Whip, but Joey ducks under a clothesline attempt and nails a great looking Superkick for a 2 count. Joey grounds Colt once again with a hammerlock. Colt makes it to his feet, only to be grounded by a single arm takedown into a Fujiwara armbar! Colt desperately tries to make it to the ropes, and finally does. Joey waits until the 4 count to let go. Joey backs Colt into the corner and hits some knees, then sets him up for his Duff Drop Neckbreaker, but Colt reverses it into a tornado snap suplex for a 2 count! Colt is on fire, hitting some knee strikes and a Kryptonite Krunch into his knee for a two count! Colt calls for the Colt 45! He gets Joey in position, but Joes squirms out of it and rolls him up while holding the tights to get the 1, 2, 3 and the pinfall victory! Colt is stunned, and Joey runs away quickly and celebrates at the entrance ramp. Great technical match.

O -70

C -50

M -91

(Intermission follows, with Jack Evans at the gimmick table signing autographs)

After intermission, the announcer indicates that next up is the Guerrilla Warfare Match. Super Dragon enters the ring to loud "Super Dragon! Clap clap clap!" chants. He prepares in the corner as Kevin Steen makes his way past the entrance. He stares down Super Dragon for a moment before turning his attention to the crowd, at which point Super Dragon goes for a full speed flipping suicide dive to start off the match!

Super Dragon vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen

Guerrilla Warfare Match

The crowd is chanting "Holy Shit!" as Super Dragon really nailed Steen with his dive and took out a few rows of chairs in the process. Dragon recovers and goes to town on Steen, tossing him hard into a couple of rows of chairs, sending the fans scurrying. Great intensity shown here. Steen gets out of trouble by nailing a low blow followed by a flying chair to the head that sounds absolutely sick! Steen and Super Dragon make their way to the ring now where they proceed to have an absolutely BRUTAL match that needs to be seen to be appreciated fully. Dragon hits a Violence Pary, a kappo kick, and a backbreaker out of the corner. Steen fights back with a Ferris Wheel Slam, a superkick, and a picture perfect moonsault for a 2 count! Steen signals for a Steenalizer, but Super Dragon counters and gets Steen in position for a Curb Stomp... he then grabs a chair and places it near Steen's head... Curb Stomp on the Chair! Oh my god! Super Dragon accentuates the brutality by stepping on Steen's neck! The crowd is going nuts for this! Super Dragon picks Steen up and nails a Psycho Driver! 1, 2, Steen somehow kicks out! The crowd can't believe it! Dragon prepares to hit another Psycho Driver, but here comes Excalibur! Excalibur nails Dragon with a vicious shot to the back of the head, earning a collective "Ooooooh!" from the crowd. On commentary, Excalibur is cheering himself on, talking about "that handsome devil that just bent a chair over Super Dragon's head". Excalibur goes to help Steen up, and sets up two chairs side by side. Steen gets Dragon and stands up on the chairs, signaling for the Package Piledriver, and he hits it on the chairs! Vicious! Steen goes for the pin and gets the 1, 2, 3 for the victory! Excalibur and Steen continue the beatdown until Disco and a couple of the lower card babyfaces come out with chairs for the save. Brutal match.

O -69

C -53

M -86

Next up, the Triple Threat for the Tag Team Titles. The Aerial Express comes out to some nice "AXP! AXP!" chants. The Havana Pitbulls come out to some applause, and Arrogance comes out with their belts.

The Aerial Express (Scorpio Sky and Quicksilver) vs. The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) vs. Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost)

Some solid tag team wrestling from all of these men. Rocky Romero showed off his athleticism by hitting some stiff kicks and some fast tilt-a-whirl headscissors on Chris Bosh. Bosh quickly tags out to Scorpio Sky, and Scorpio and Rocky proceed to put on an impressive display for about 4 or 5 minutes. Rocky tags out to Lost, who hits a nice Northern Lights Suplex for a 2 count. Scorpio comes back and tags out to Quicksilver, and the AXP proceed to hit some great double team moves, including a double arm wringer followed by kicks, and a double team legdrop. The teams took turns dominating each other. Things broke down in the end when Scorpio hit Ricky Reyes with a nice backbreaker, Bosh hit a clothesline into a backbreaker on Reyes and then nailed Scorpio out of the ring while Scott Lost put on the Sharpshooter on Ricky! Ricky holds on for dear life and tries to reach the ropes, but Lost pulls him back to the middle of the ring and Reyes has no choice but to tap out!

O -63

C -46

M -81

It is time for the Main Event of the evening. Samoa Joe makes his way to the ring and looks serious. Frankie Kazarian comes out to some cheers. Spanky dances to the ring and turns his nose up at the fans. Finally, the returning Bryan Danielson makes his way back to PWG to some great "Dragon! Dragon!" chants from the crowd. This promises to be a great match!

"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. Spanky vs. "The Future" Frankie Kazarian vs. Samoa Joe

PWG Heavyweight Title

The crowd is hyped for this Championship match. Samoa Joe starts things off against Frankie Kazarian. Kazarian with a go behind, but Joe powers out and goes right for chops towards the corner. Kazarian fights back, but Joe uses his power and goes for the Paint Brush-like slaps. Joe then hits some hard kicks in the corner, snapmares Kazarian over, then hits his backchop-frontkick-knee combo for a two count. Spanky tags himself in behind Joe's back and goes to work on Kazarian. Spanky hits a dropkick and locks on a headlock. Kazarian fights back, but Spanky pulls him down by his hair. Kazarian eventually fights Spanky off long enough to tag in Bryan Danielson, who comes in with some stiff European Uppercuts and a snap suplex for a two count. Spanky uses the beard to drag down Dragon, and actually steps on his beard until the ref counts to 4. Dragon fights back with chops, but Spanky hits a knee to the gut and a swinging DDT for a 2 count.

About 15 minutes of solid action follow, with each man getting a chance to show off their stuff. Spanky nails a dive to the outside in a nice spot. Dragon and Joe trade stiff strikes to get a rise out of the crowd. Kazarian hits his jumping dropkick in the corner on Dragon, and Joe follows it up with a facewash. Kazarian and Spanky are in the ring, but Joe comes in and clotheslines Kazarian. Spanky takes advantage and sneaks up and hits the Sliced Bread #2 on Samoa Joe! Kazarian then hits the wave of the future on Spanky, then goes for one on Joe, but American Dragon nails a Dragon Suplex for a two! AmDrag clotheslines Kazarian out of the ring, and Samoa Joe goes for a Musclebuster! Dragon slips out, and drives Joe down with the Cattle Mutilation! Joe tries to hang on, but he was weakened by the SB#2... Joe POWERS OUT! He fights off Kazarian and Spanky, but Dragon goes behind him and nails the Dragon Suplex and gets the pin! American Dragon is the new PWG Champion! Dragon celebrates the win after the match as the crowd applauds the efforts of all 4 men involved. Spanky goes up to Dragon and yells that he only won because of the Sliced Bread #2, and storms off. Kazarian shakes Dragon's hand. Joe just leaves, holding the back of his head. Dragon poses in the ring with the belt.

O -75

C -65

M -86

Overall Card - 64

Attendance - 511

Gate - $10,220

A few days after the show, the verdict was in: We had risen to Cult Level. Most of our guys gained a lot of overness. I decided to look for a bigger venue, as I thought it was time to run Large events. We found the Hollywood Auditorium (OOC: Fictitious place, as far as I know, anyways) and set up the deal. Next month, we'd be out of the JCC and into the newly named PWG Arena! Whoo!

[Hajjhowe]

Hooray! That was definitly a great way to enter the cult level, and I can't wait until you guys can get TV and really push some storylines. Generico's stuff was gold, as was Cabana. Steen vs. Dragon sounded sick, but I don't think it's over yet. Birchall will be a nice 'Monster' for PWG and I guess AmDrag is a good choice for champion. He's pretty over and works for Japan so he won't get stolen. Anyways, good show and he is hoping for TV!

Oh, and you should still hire Beef. Or any other IWS guys, really.

[daileyxplanet]

I find it funny how prophetic your Kazarian and Yang returns were. I love the press releases, reminds me of PWG all the way.

[JStarr]

lol, america